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johntb
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:31 am Post subject: cannot get printer to work |
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i cannot get my kodak aio 5200 to work on sabayon 11 kde.
the gutenprint driver are in but it does not ssem to se the printer.
any help wold be aprciated
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scooter
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johntb
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:58 am Post subject: |
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thank you for your quick reply.
tried that and it dont work, unplugged and put on ubuntu gnome worked straight away. tried other kde distro still no go. so now looking for a printer that works |
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nelz
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:08 am Post subject: |
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If it works on one Linux distro it will work on any, you just need the right driver. Look at the printer config in Ubuntu to see which driver it is using - https://localhost:631 - then make sure the same driver is installed on your preferred distro.
The desktop environment has no bearing on this.
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johntb
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| thank you both for your help now up and running |
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